5.3 Phrases

• Prepositional phrases
• Adjective phrases
• Adverb phrases
• Functions of phrases in sentences
• Placing phrases correctly to avoid ambiguity

• identify prepositional, adjective and adverb phrases
• state the function of a phrase in a sentence
• place modifying phrases so that meaning is clear
• use phrases to add precision to writing

“How can moving three words change what a sentence says?”

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1. Types of phrase
   40 min · 2 practice tasks · quiz
   Prepositional, adjective and adverb phrases, and what each does in a sentence.
2. Placing phrases correctly
   40 min · 2 practice tasks · quiz
   Why a phrase in the wrong place says something you did not mean.
3. Participial, gerund and infinitive phrases
   40 min · 2 practice tasks · quiz
   Three phrase types built from non-finite verbs, and the tree that shows how they attach.
4. Expanding sentences with phrases
   40 min · 2 practice tasks · quiz
   Adding precision without adding clauses - and knowing when a phrase is enough.
5. Phrases in career texts
   40 min · 2 practice tasks · quiz
   Reading a job advert as a set of phrases, and writing application sentences that hang together.